Recover From Addiction Before It Destroys Your Life
Addiction is a complex and devastating disease that affects millions of people worldwide. Many individuals suffer in silence, but it is essential to recover from addiction before it destroys your life. In this article, we will discuss the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse, the signs of substance abuse, and how to recover from addiction. […]
What Is Self-Care and Can It Help With Substance Abuse?
There’s no doubt more and more people today feel stressed. A Gallup poll found that 33% of people worldwide reported feelings of stress in 2022 – a record high. It’s no surprise, then, that the concept of self-care has gained more traction in recent years, as more people recognize its importance in maintaining health and […]
How Does Inpatient Mental Health Treatment Help?
With the stigma of mental illness declining, more and more people are seeking inpatient mental health treatment. That’s good news because there are millions of Americans that suffer from mental health problems every year. In 2022, 19.86% of American adults – nearly 50 million people – experienced some sort of mental illness. And, according to […]
What Is a Gateway Drug?
A gateway drug is a substance that’s thought to be commonly used by novice users. It introduces a person to drug use and drug culture, making that person more likely to become addicted to more dangerous and harmful substances later in life. Aside from habituating the person to drug use and drug culture, it is […]
What Is the Normal Addiction Recovery Timeline?
Entering recovery can be hard – but staying on the path is even harder. Like any life change, addiction recovery doesn’t happen overnight. This can sometimes be hard to accept since we may be eager to return to our normal lives, leading us to wonder: what’s the typical addiction recovery timeline? The truth is, recovery […]
Can Self-Acceptance Help Me Recover From Addiction?
None of us are perfect. While it’s easy for most of us to understand this intellectually, sometimes it’s not so easy to internalize it — to put it into practice. When we make mistakes, we tend to be very hard on ourselves, unwilling to leave the past behind. For those in addiction recovery, learning to […]
How To Stop Being an Enabler
When our loved ones are sick, we want to help them. This is natural. But while it’s true that addiction is a disease, there is a thin line between supporting someone’s recovery and enabling their addiction. In this article, we’ll talk about what an enabler is, the consequences of enabling drug and alcohol abuse, and […]
